Cemetery: DUBLIN - Parish of Lucan Churchyard and St Edmondsbury demesne
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Lucan Churchyard, Lucan Parish
[Kindly contributed by Lord Walter FITZGERALD, V.P., R.S.A.I.]
'The ruins of the old church, burial-ground and the castle of the SARSFIELDS, lie in the
Lucan demesne in rear of the stables. The private burial-place of the VESEY family lies
alongside the old castle; it contains a few modern headstones and tablets and a mural
monument in the northern wall.
This monument is of black and white marble and consists of a child leaning over a medallion
bearing a man's head in relief, with a plain pyramidical background all supported on a
couple of brackets bearing the following incised inscription' :-
"This Chappel was repair'd by Jane Lady BUTLER and this Monument erected to the
Memory of her dearly beloved Husband A.U. deceased the 23rd of March An: Domi: 1738
with whom she is interr'd. Where thou dyest there will be I dye and Where thou
art buried there I will be buryed also."
'Of the abovenamed individuals, BURKE, in his "Landed Gentry" says':-
"The right Hon. Agmondisham VESEY, 2nd son of the Most Revd. John VESEY, Archbishop
of Taum and brother of Sir Thomas VESEY, Bart., grandfather of the 1st Viscount De VESCI
married first Charlotte daughter and sole heir of William SARSFIELD, Esq. of Lucan, eldest
brother of Patrick, Earl of Lucan and by here had issue two daughters. He married
secondly Jane daughter of Captain Edward POTTINGER (and relict 1st of John REYNOLDS of
Killabride, and 2ndly, of Sir John BUTLER, Bart. of Cloghrennan) by whom he [had]
issue four sons and four daughters."
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'The neighbouring burial-ground is ill kept and since the new cemetery for Lucan was opened,
this one has been closed; there appear to be no monuments of interest in it
About a quarter of a mile from the town of Lucan, along the Dublin road, built into the
St. Edmondsbury demesne wall is a large coffin shaped slab marking the spot where years ago
a Priest was robbed and murdered by highwaymen. At the head of the slab is an
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on either side of it a cherubim, below is the inscription in incised letters.'
We have given this inscription in vol. 1, p. 175. -- [Ed.]
'Father McCARTAN was buried in the neighbouring churchyard of Esker, inside the west
end of the church ruins. Over his grave his parishioners erected a monument. [for a
description of which see Esker, Co. Dublin)
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SOURCE:
Journal of the Association for the Preservation of the Memorials of the
Dead in Ireland: vol. iii - 1897 FHL # 1279285